undocumented

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Recent Examples of undocumented That label is usually applied to states, counties or cities that have some limits on their cooperation with the federal agencies that deport undocumented immigrants. Qasim Nauman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 Larson was stabbed to death in her home, allegedly by Carlos Arevalo Carranza, an undocumented immigrant and native of El Salvador who ICE claimed was the subject of six civil detainer requests to the county from federal agents. Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025 In early February, several dozen students at the district’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy in downtown walked out of school to protest crackdowns on undocumented immigrants. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025 The Trump administration, through a memo circulated last month by the U.S. Department of Justice, has threatened to investigate any state or city officials suspected of blocking federal efforts to remove undocumented immigrants. Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undocumented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocumented
Adjective
  • The study found that a hypothetical investor with even the worst market timing crushed the returns of one who stayed in cash between 2003 and 2022.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • No more debating whether a spot should go to the most deserving team or the team that would be favored in a hypothetical matchup.
    Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Cramer named a few popular speculative names that saw losses on Thursday, including Palantir, Carvana and Applovin.
    Julie Coleman, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Expect Market Volatility The crypto market is currently in a hyper-sensitive state, with traders reacting sharply to any news—whether factual or speculative.
    Alice Liu, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The apocryphal story has transformed into a popular thought experiment.
    Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This transition from theoretical to practical confrontation is all but debilitating, as the grieving father reaches the limits of his empathy.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025
  • These regulations and safety measures are not just theoretical.
    Essence, Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s when Cora fired up some kind of imaginary jukebox inside his head and proceeded to dance the day away.
    Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Gradually, an imaginary narrative for the property took shape.
    Blaine Davis, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Both games made changes to the core formula that longtime players didn't appreciate, such as an influx of unauthentic skins and a departure from the class system.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Its ability to accurately discern and promptly respond to unauthentic negative reviews allows businesses to maintain a legitimate, trustworthy online image.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Adjective
  • In spite of everything, the setting continues to compel me, as does the puzzle of Flores’s fiction, which frames the South Texas border region as a territory both physical and chimerical.
    David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Kilgore, his dream of fame approaching, also sees its chimerical agonies.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • So much so in fact, that echoes of that mythical landscape unexpectedly exist today outside a town three hours due north of Melbourne, Australia.
    Natalie Hoberman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Universal took to its official social media accounts to release the first photo from the film, which shows Matt Damon in costume as Odysseus, the mythical Greek hero who spends a decade trying to return home after fighting in the Trojan War.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025

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“Undocumented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocumented. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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